{"version":"2.1.247","anchor":"memory-files-are-told-to-stay-small-and-split-rather-than-gr","canonical_anchor":"memory-files-are-told-to-stay-small-and-split-rather-than-gr","heading":"Memory files are told to stay small and split rather than grow","tier":"notice","area":"Memory","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.247\/e\/memory-files-are-told-to-stay-small-and-split-rather-than-gr","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.247","markdown":"### Memory files are told to stay small and split rather than grow\n\nClaude is now told to keep memory files small and split them rather than sprawl.\n\n**What**\n\nThe prompts that teach Claude how to save memories now include a size rule: keep each memory file and its recall preview under a limit, and split or summarize a file instead of continuing it into a second one.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The three memory system prompts stopped carrying their own copies of the how-to-save bullets and now call one shared builder taking `{skipIndex, file}`.\n- The new size guidance is appended to the index-based variant too, so all memory prompt shapes carry it.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`split or summarize it rather than continuing it in a second file.`\n\n- Area: Memory\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}